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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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